What are you shooting now? I've strayed a few times all based on advice from those who use other brands. Came back to the brand I started with. Just depends on what your shooting preferences and style is.

Martin Fan...guess I always will be. Couldn't hurt to shoot a Warthog or Firecat...I love mine but everyone has an idea of what they want out of a bow. I just prefer a bow that's accurate, dependable, and free of troubles. Been satisfied since 1978.

Try the quest line. I have a quest primal and I love it. Made by G5 who owns elite archery. I would just shoot as many bows as I possibly could. I shot the Z7, bowtech 350 destroyer, pse's, and bears. And came out with the Quest.

Man there are so many nice bows now, just put a day aside an go shoot as many as you can. I'm shooting a Diamond Black Ice, and I really like it. I think when I get another I am going to try the Elite.

this is the best statement made right there. I just recently was on the look for a new bow. I shot everything I could get my hands on. I liked a LOT of them. But each one has an area that it shined over the rest in. I ended up going with a hoyt carbon element. I am not going to say it is the best. It was just the one I liked the most PERSONALLY. Its the first hoyt that I've owned and I LOVE it. I shot the entire hoyt line. The CRX is a good one as well. Mathews was great as well. This year there are like 5 different models of the Z7. There are so many high quality bows out there that no one can tell you what the "BEST" bow out there is. Honestly it all boils down to what YOU like when YOU shot a particular bow. I think half the fun of getting a new bow is shooting all the other ones out there. Good luck and let us know what you end up getting.

I agree shoot them all and find what you like best. If you want to try out Mathews bows you should drive down to Bearden to the napa parts center. There is a bow shop inside and he carries Mathews, Mision, and Pearson bows. I don't know if anyone will beat his prices and he takes trades on bows and guns if you are looking to go that route. I don't work for them, its just where i buy my bow gear. I orderd a Mathews Monster XLR8 from him the day before he left to go to the Mathews dealer show and when he got back he told me they discontuned that model and asked if i wanted the 2011 MR5 which is the updated model, i told him yes and i thought i would have to come up with more money but he gave me the same price even though the retaill price went up $100.00. Just wanted to bring up this place to let you and other guys in the area know about a good place to do business and might save you some money, I'm paying less for a 2011 bow than what i paid for my Mathews Dernalin i bought in 2007 right before he became a mathews dealer.

i agree with the other guys there are alot of good bows out there i personally like pse i have been shooting pse along time now i have the new pse bow madness it is a great bow its fast quiet smooth and very accurate and you can get all that for a really good price. but you just have to shoot as many as you can and like somebody else said you will know when you have found the right one.